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Emergency in the Horn of Africa PLEDGING CONFERENCE

Emergency in the Horn of Africa PLEDGING CONFERENCE. One Africa - One Voice Against Hunger. FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS AND PRIORITY AREAS. OVERALL SITUATION. Driven by a combination of factors: Severe drought Resultant crop failure Rising food prices occasioned by supply side deficit

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Emergency in the Horn of Africa PLEDGING CONFERENCE

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  1. Emergency in the Horn of AfricaPLEDGING CONFERENCE One Africa - One Voice Against Hunger

  2. FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS AND PRIORITY AREAS “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  3. OVERALL SITUATION Driven by a combination of factors: • Severe drought • Resultant crop failure • Rising food prices occasioned by supply side deficit • In Somalia 450,000 are in famine situation in two regions of South. • Conflict in Somalia which results in fragile security situation. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  4. HORN OF AFRICA CRISIS • 12.4 million people in need of humanitarian Assistance • 3.4million inside in Somalia are acute need In Dark Red are those areas where famine has been declared in Somalia. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  5. OVERALL HUMANITARIAN REQUIREMENTS US$2.481 BILLION “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  6. FUNDING SUMMARY “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  7. PRIORITY AREAS The African Union has prioritized the following five sectors: • Food • Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) • Nutrition and Health • Shelter and Non-food-items (NFIs) • Agriculture and livelihood (medium and long term recovery) “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  8. FOOD SECTOR • 12.4million in need of food assistance “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  9. NUTRITION AND HEALTH SECTOR • Funding for Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM) treatment is only at 50%. • Child malnutrition rates have tripled the emergency threshold of 15%. • Diseases are on the increase; Cholera outbreak is reported in Mogadishu • Crude Mortality Rate as high as 13/10,000 per day “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  10. NUTRITION AND HEALTH SECTOR “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  11. WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SECTOR (WASH) 50% of communities can no longer access clean water. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  12. SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS SECTOR (NFIs ) Most essential requirements for NFIs are in Somalia “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  13. AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOODS SECTOR(Medium and Long Term Recovery) • Agriculture core survival strategy in the Horn (Primary source of food & income). • Strategies that focus on saving lives and livelihoods, through building longer-term resilience. • Recovery programmes that include: Increasing access to water resources (rehabilitation and construction of water points), support small scale producers and livestock herders, support asset building including income generating activities. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  14. AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOODS (medium and long term recovery) • Strengthening food security information system through effective Early Warning System. • Establishment of The African Risk Capacity Pool (ARC) to support institution building & raise funds to mitigate against risk. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  15. Planting Season “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  16. MODALITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION • Prioritization criteria will be based on: • Magnitude of funding gap, by sector and country, as indicated by OCHA’s objective analysis of needs and shortfalls: 40% • Potential for immediate impact on saving lives, the primary objective of the resource mobilization exercise: 40% • Potential for contribution to early recovery and long-term solutions to hunger and food insecurity in the region: 20% “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  17. MODALITIES Cont… • Cash contributions will made through the AU Account • All funds received and disbursed will be recorded in the OCHA Tracking System • In-kind food donations may be matched through WFP Twinning system: (In-kind donations will be matched with cash from other donors to meet corresponding cost, eg: logistics) Coordination “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  18. CONCLUSION • We are here to pledge money, which we intend for immediate life saving needs. • Drought is not new to Africa, but famine and hunger are unacceptable. • We must ensure that this is the very last time that we have such a crisis on our continent. “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

  19. THANK YOU “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”

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